The Attitude of Regular Students Towards The Education of Children With Disabilities in Secondary Schools in The Buea Sub-Division
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to find out "The Attitude of Regular Students towards the Education of Children with Disabilities in Secondary Schools in the Buea Sub-Division". Four main objectives were formulated to guide this study. To examine the effects of regular students seclusion on the education of children with disabilities. To determine the effects of regular student’s rejection on the education of children with disabilities. To find out the effect of regular students ridicule on the education of students with disabilities. To investigate the effect of regular students evaluation on the education of students with disabilities. A Series of recommendations were address to teachers (since they are the ones who spend most of the time with these children, they can do better in strengthening their attitude towards each other). Parents (they should make out time to teach their children certain morals in life and inform them on how, to treat others despite their physical appearances) and government officials (these officials should make sure that persons with disabilities are well taken care of) A survey research design was used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire. A total of 30 questionnaires were administered to students. Data was analyzed, using frequency and percentage. Statistics were presented using frequency tables. The result indicates that, most of the regular students have a positive attitude towards persons with disability while a minority of the students has negative attitudes
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